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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Ah, Mother's Day. A day when we honor our moms for all they've done for us. However, it turns out there aren't many cakes celebrating last-minute dashes to the ER, or working the night shift, or talking us out of shaving our heads that time in high school. So instead, lets remind Mom of the cuter side of Mom-hood: the baby shower.

(Because I said so, that's why. And you have to look at every picture before you leave this blog, young lady, so don't make me come over there!)

So delicate and sweet! And the butterfly on the handle is a great touch.

Before I close, I'd like to say that we here at CW know there are lots of different types of moms out there, and that these baby shower cakes might not apply to all of you. Maybe you adopted a toddler. Maybe you're a foster parent. Maybe you're a single dad who's had to be both parents to your little ones. Bottom line: there are endless variations of "Mom" out there, but regardless of your circumstances, today is for all of you. Happy Mother's Day!

Have a Sweet to nominate? Then send it to Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com.

A friend of mine wished me a Happy Mother's Day as a "furbaby" mama, which made me laugh. I have a kitty that's pretty much a big baby, but then I also have a husband and a male roommate, so I'm like a mom 3 different ways. I don't have any "real" kids of my own yet, but I'm happy with the ones I have. Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms of all kinds out there!

@ Middle Kid - Two reasons, really: the poor economy (no one could afford it anymore) and CW's success. John and I gradually transitioned from our faux company into being full-time bloggers. Quite the switch, huh?

Long time reader, first time poster. Having read Gary's comment re: the baby shoes, I just had to write something. Then I saw John's response. John - my thoughts exactly. Some people, unfortunatley, just can't seem to help themselves,. It's like a compulsion to be vile no matter the subjet matter.

I'm something of an armchair expert on historical China, and I have to agree with John (the hubby of Jen). Even when they bound girls' feet, they didn't start binding until the girls were about five or six. Babies were completely left alone. Those are babies' shoes, and the basic design of such have remained the same for centuries.

Our associate preacher, after reminding us of the faux-pas he's made over the years ("will the oldest mother please stand up" "Will the youngest mother please stand up?" to which a wag called back "youngest now or youngest when they had their first child?") just said "everyone who has or has had a mother, please stand up." Much laughter, we were ready for the hymn, and no one took offense.

So . . . to everyone who has mothered anyone or anything over the years, Happy Mothers' Day.

I love these cakes! So adorable. But I have to agree with the poster asking where the cakes about the moms are. Fathers day cakes are all about the dads and their hobbies, but mothers day cakes are all about the baby? It hardly seems fair.

I live in China . . . can't say I've seen those shoes in my part of the country (Northwest). I can say, though, that my daughter had some similar to them when we lived in the US. We called them "Muffin Shoes!"

"...However, it turns out there aren't many cakes celebrating last-minute dashes to the ER, or working the night shift, or talking us out of shaving our heads that time in high school. So instead, lets remind Mom of the cuter side of Mom-hood: the baby shower."I think some people are still just reading the pictures!And as to why there is a dearth {lack ;-} of Mother's Day cakes, I suppose motherhood is too hard to catch in a cake... like Jen says in the cut and pasted paragraph above. We are just too complicated!

Yep. You can't depict all of Momhood on a cake. And apparently, when you try, people berate you for not doing it their way.

As a mother who feels extremely blessed to have been able to have borne healthy babies, I have to say a couple of things. First, thanks for pointing out that motherhood is multifaceted and impossible to completely describe. It's the caretaking of small and helpless beings that makes a person a mother. And second, I enjoyed these a lot. Show me a mother who *doesn't* get all gooey over a baby shower cake, and I'll show you a woman who's probably brain-dead from lack of slee -

Karen, I saw that, too, so I wasn't just reading the pictures. I simply find it hard to believe that no one makes, say, horseback riding or quilting cakes and slaps "Happy Mothers Day!" on them the way they do with golf or tool themed cakes for dads. Come to think of it, my mother would have loved a tool themed cake for Mothers day . . . I love the ideas this blog gives me. :)

Hi Jen and John! I was able to spend some time with my adult daughter yesterday, so I didn't make my Sunday visit to CW. The cakes are gorgeous. I especially loved the nursery rhyme cake and the fact that it was made by an amateur (semi-professional?) is Amazing!

As to the "quilted" cakes, they are indeed adorable, but I would respectfully like to inform you guys a little bit about quilting. I'm a quilter and the type of cake pictured is probably more accurately called a "patchwork" cake, reminiscent of the way people used to patch pants or linens. The cross-hatching on the last cake much more closely resembles quilting. (I've also seen some done with a tool like a tracing wheel to mimic quilting stitches). None of this is to say I don't like these cakes - I do - just trying to help out. And besides you might be able to have more fun with alliteration by calling them "pretty plated patchwork" or something.

Finally, I wanted to share with you how much I enjoy your blog and appreciate the work you do to make it so professional (since the bakers don't)and entertaining! Rather than visiting every day, I normally set aside time on Sunday to savor the whole week.

Sorry for carryng on like this was a private email rather than a comment. I figure at this late date no one else is going to read it but you guys. ~physicsmom

Wow! There are many talented ladies out there to be able to make such stunning cakes. I have two wonderful boys who have flown the nest. My youngest lad made me feel so loved and took any doubts I had away.

Children no matter what age are challenging but we wouldnt change them because with out them who would we share mothers day with and these yummy cakes.

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